Negotiating Job Offers
In the excitement of receiving job offers, new graduates can make the costly mistake of not knowing if they can negotiate and if so, not being prepared to do so. Learn how to evaluate and negotiate a job offer, including salary, benefits such as vacation, medical/dental insurance, retirement plans or perks.
- Job Offer Negotiation, CollegeGrad.com
- Evaluating and Negotiating Job Offers, The Riley Guide
- The Multiple Offer Technique, CollegeGrad.com
- Early Offers, CollegeGrad.com
Salary Negotiation
Knowing economic and industry trends as well as salary ranges for your field and location will assist as you evaluate job offers, negotiate benefits, or research occupations.
Salary
- The Riley Guide
- provides resources to locate salary information by discipline, geography and industry. Also contains government salary sites.
- PayScale
- free customized salary report
- US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
- reports national, regional, state, and metropolitan wage data
- Salary.com
- includes cost of living, wage, and benefits calculators.
- The Salary Relocation Calculator
- International Salary Calculator
- Salary Expert
- The National Association of Colleges and Employers
- Starting Salary Survey Graphic
- NACE Salary Calculator Center
offers the most accurate compensation data available.
Economic & Industry Trends
- Valuation Resources.com
- The "Industry Overview and Outlook" section provides a comprehensive listing of resources covering industry overview, issues, trends, and outlook for a wide variety of industries.